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Old August 13th 20, 08:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Dan Marotta wrote on 8/13/2020 10:17 AM:
Wouldn't that ventral fin, which protects the propeller, make it impossible to get
a truly low energy landing?

On 8/13/2020 8:42 AM, wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

Dan


It does have flaps, so that helps, and you can hold it off so the tail touches
first; also, at 34 kg/m2, it's a light wing loading, so the touch down speed
should less than a 15M std class ship.


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